Features, Categories and the Syntax of A-Positions : Cross-Linguistic Variation in the Germanic Languages - E. Haeberli

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Features, Categories and the Syntax of A-Positions

Cross-Linguistic Variation in the Germanic Languages

By: E. Haeberli

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Hardcover | 31 August 2002

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Features, Categories, and the Syntax of A-Positions investigates various aspects of the distribution of nominal arguments, and in particular the cross-linguistic variation that can be found among the Germanic languages in this domain of the syntax. The empirical topics that are discussed include variable vs. fixed argument order, the distribution of subjects with respect to adjuncts, expletive constructions, and oblique subjecthood. These and many other phenomena are analyzed within a theoretical framework which is based on the Minimalist Program. The book argues that the traditional theoretical devices accounting for the distribution of arguments in generative syntax (abstract Case, the Extended Projection Principle) should be eliminated from the grammar and that their apparent effects can be derived from the feature specifications of syntactic categories. Furthermore, it is shown that several aspects of the cross-linguistic variation found in the syntax of arguments can be related to variation in the domain of inflectional morphology.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Some Basic Theoretical Notions	p. 1
Principles and Parameters	p. 1
The Model of the Grammar	p. 2
Clause Structure	p. 4
Movement	p. 7
Chomsky (1993, 1995)	p. 7
Chomsky (2000, 2001)	p. 8
Different Types of Movement	p. 10
Economy	p. 11
The Distribution of Nominal Arguments and the Syntax of A-Positions	p. 12
Principles Determining the Syntax of A-Positions	p. 12
Theta Theory and Argument Structure	p. 12
Case Theory	p. 15
The Extended Projection Principle	p. 16
Parameters Determining the Syntax of A-Positions	p. 17
The Pro-Drop Parameter	p. 17
Presence vs. Absence of Object Movement	p. 18
Transitive Expletive Constructions	p. 19
Morphology and the Setting of Parameters	p. 20
The Germanic Languages	p. 23
Outline	p. 26
Features, Categories and Checking. Towards Deriving the EPP and Abstract Case	p. 27
Introduction	p. 27
Object Movement and Categories - Towards Deriving Abstract Case	p. 30
Towards Deriving the EPP	p. 37
Some General Consequences	p. 38
Syntactic Categories	p. 39
Phrase Structure	p. 42
Checking Theory	p. 43
The Model of Grammar: The Single Output Model	p. 46
Interpretability of Categorial Features	p. 50
More on the EPP and Abstract Case	p. 52
The EPP	p. 52
The EPP and CPs	p. 52
The EPP and PPs	p. 59
Summary	p. 66
Abstract Case as Categorial Feature Checking	p. 66
Subject of a Finite Clause	p. 67
Object of V	p. 68
P and Case	p. 69
A and N Do Not Assign Structural Case	p. 71
No Overt Subjects in Infinitival Clauses	p. 74
Exceptional Case Marking	p. 76
Some Speculations on PRO	p. 78
Acc-ing Gerunds	p. 80
NP-Movement	p. 81
Object Movement	p. 86
Pesetsky and Torrego (2001): An Extension to CP?	p. 92
An Alternative to Categorial Feature Checking: Covalent Bonding	p. 96
Conclusion	p. 98
Syntactic Effects of Morphological Case	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
Word Order Freedom and Morphological Case	p. 104
German vs. Dutch	p. 104
The Properties of Scrambling (i): Non-Adjacency of Verb and Object	p. 106
Clause Boundedness	p. 107
Weak Crossover	p. 108
Binding	p. 109
Parasitic Gaps	p. 109
Categorial Restrictions	p. 112
Summary	p. 114
The Properties of Scrambling (ii): Word Order Freedom in German	p. 114
Clause Boundedness	p. 115
Weak Crossover	p. 115
Binding	p. 116
Parasitic Gaps	p. 118
Categorial Restrictions	p. 118
Reconstruction	p. 119
Summary	p. 121
The Properties of Scrambling (iii): The Contrast Dutch vs. German	p. 121
Scrambling as A'-Movement	p. 122
Scrambled Elements in A-Positions	p. 126
The Properties of Scrambling: Summary	p. 133
Analyzing Scrambling (i)	p. 133
Analyzing Scrambling (ii)	p. 144
Some Consequences	p. 155
The Morphophonological Realization of Case	p. 155
Scrambling of PPs and CPs: Contrasts between German and Dutch	p. 159
Long Distance Scrambling	p. 161
VP-Topicalization	p. 168
Nominative-Dative Inversion, Part I	p. 173
Beyond Germanic - Some Notes on Korean	p. 175
The Case Parameter and Case Morphology	p. 181
Summary	p. 187
Nominal Complements of Adjectives and Case Morphology	p. 187
Some Speculations on OV/VO Order	p. 191
Summary	p. 194
Subjecthood and Agreement	p. 197
Introduction	p. 197
Subjects and Agreement in German	p. 199
On the Word Order XP-Subject in the Germanic Languages	p. 205
XP-Subject in German	p. 205
XP-Subject: Variation in the Germanic Languages	p. 207
Two Assumptions	p. 209
XP-SU in the West Germanic Languages	p. 214
XP-SU in the Scandinavian Languages	p. 235
Summary	p. 248
On Expletives	p. 251
Expletives and No Arguments	p. 251
Expletive-Associate Constructions	p. 254
Expletive-Associate Constructions and Categorical Feature Checking	p. 254
One Expletive, One Argument	p. 254
One Expletive, Two or More Arguments--TECs	p. 258
Some Consequences	p. 261
Expletive-Associate Constructions and Non-Categorial Feature Checking	p. 267
Expletives and Definite Subjects	p. 269
The Absence of the DE in German	p. 270
Some Cross-Linguistic Issues	p. 274
A Note on Expletive Constructions and Their Relation to Other Grammatical Properties	p. 280
Summary	p. 285
Oblique Case and Subjecthood. Or: Why Icelandic Is Different	p. 287
Introduction	p. 287
Oblique Case and Subjecthood: Icelandic vs. German	p. 289
Oblique Subjects	p. 289
A Contrast between Icelandic and German	p. 289
Different Types of Cases	p. 292
The Structural Position of Oblique Subjects: Preliminary Remarks	p. 292
Motivating Two Agreement Positions	p. 294
The Distribution of Person and Number Agreement within the Clause Structure	p. 295
Analyzing Oblique Subjects	p. 296
The Absence of Oblique Subjects in German	p. 305
Summary	p. 307
A Note on Nominative Objects	p. 309
'XP-Subject' in Icelandic	p. 315
Expletives and Definite Subjects	p. 320
On the Absence of Free Argument Order in Icelandic	p. 322
Morphological Case but Rigid Argument Order	p. 322
Some Freedom of Word Order: IO-DO Inversion	p. 326
Summary	p. 333
Some Cross-Linguistic Issues	p. 334
Yiddish	p. 334
The Distribution of Arguments	p. 334
V1 in Embedded Clauses	p. 341
Faroese	p. 345
Summary	p. 349
Conclusion	p. 351
References	p. 355
Language Index	p. 367
Name Index	p. 369
Subject Index	p. 373
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